College Football

No team wants to lose in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but there’s more at stake here than just wins and losses. For each team, a loss could confirm worst nightmares and validate what outside noise has been saying all season.  The first round of the 12-team CFP era kicks off on Friday night as No. 7 …

Wisconsin transfer safety Braedyn Moore committed to Toledo on Friday. The rising redshirt sophomore joins former Badgers cornerback Amare Snowden with the Rockets. Of the 21 Wisconsin scholarship players to enter the portal since the conclusion of the 2024 season, Moore is the sixth to announce his next destination. Related: Wisconsin football 2024 transfer portal departure tracker Moore initially joined the …

The first year of the expanded College Football Playoff has arrived, with four first-round games set for this weekend. No. 7 seed Notre Dame host No. 10 seed Indiana in the lone game on Friday night at 8 p.m. ET, with the Fighting Irish favored by 6.5 points in the latest college football odds from SportsLine consensus. Notre Dame closed …

Dec. 20—CHAMPAIGN — Donovan Leary’s decision to enter the transfer portal came two days before Luke Altmyer announced, in front of a sold out State Farm Center crowd, that he was returning to Illinois for the 2025 season. Leary clearly saw the writing on the wall even if Altmyer hadn’t publicly announced his decision. Playing time next fall was likely …

Dec 7, 2024; Atlanta, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck (15) and head coach Kirby Smart react after defeating the Texas Longhorns in overtime in the 2024 SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images Carson Beck will miss Georgia’s Sugar Bowl matchup in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. On3’s Pete Nakos first reported via social …

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff bracket is set, as 12 teams prepare to compete in the expanded playoff for the first time. No. 1 seed Oregon, No. 2 seed Georgia, No. 3 seed Boise State and No. 4 seed Arizona State each earned first-round byes, so they will wait for their respective quarterfinal matchups to be set. The first round …

© Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Rivals national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman has a trio of predictions on the Texas-Clemson playoff game, a future All-American at Auburn and SEC programs that are trending up. MORE PREDICTIONS: Notre Dame-Indiana, Jackson Cantwell, Michigan CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | …

The No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2) will try to avoid a disappointing first-round exit from the 2024 College Football Playoff when they host the No. 9 seed Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) on Saturday night. Ohio State had its five-game winning streak snapped in a 13-10 loss to Michigan in its regular-season finale, despite entering as a 20.5-point favorite. Tennessee …

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) is officially here. Once seen as a complicated process that included math equations and plenty of disagreements, college football’s postseason structure has changed a lot over the past three decades. It started in 1997 when college football’s six biggest conferences joined forces to create the Bowl Championship Series, or BCS. This system used …

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There is just about one week left in this current transfer portal window, and while movement will still take place after the window closes, December 28th’s closing date will bring some clarity for schools around the nation. Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks have done very well in the portal so far, picking up five commitments at major positions of …

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks (9-4) and Ohio Bobcats (10-3) will meet in the 2024 Cure Bowl on Friday afternoon, as both teams play under interim coaches. Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez took the West Virginia job, leaving offensive coordinator Rod Smith as the interim coach. Ohio coach Tim Albin took the same position at Charlotte, so offensive coordinator Brian …

Sep 30, 2017; Madison, WI, USA; Footballs with the college football playoff logo sit on the field during warmups prior to the game between the Northwestern Wildcats and Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports The Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome the Indiana Hoosiers to South Bend on Friday night for the opening game of …

The 10th-seeded Indiana Hoosiers battle the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round of the 2024 College Football Playoff on Friday. The winner of the game will then face the second-seeded Georgia Bulldogs in the quarterfinals at the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. The Hoosiers (11-1), who tied for second with Penn State in the Big Ten at …

With a chance to advance to the quarterfinals, who will step up in the first round of the College Football Playoff? Whether it’s at the quarterback, receiver or defensive position, there are plenty of stars that will take part in the inaugural first round of the expanded 12-team playoff. But as the road to a national championship gets tougher against …